, 1887-07-13
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Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.

Throughout the City.
The Omaha express left the CITY in W
sections last night.
The highest temperature here Yesterday
was $50, the lowest $40.
The Cheyenne & Northern was the
usual two hours late last night.
The county board of equalization will
probably conclude its labors to day.
Ice cream soda served with only pure
fruit juices at Rhodes & Troxelrs.
Evidence is still being heard In the
United States VS.. Samuel E. Rogers case,
at the land Office.
If Judge Corn arrives from the West
this morning the Mccoy case will be COM
menced this afternoon.
Carpenters and plumbers are working
night and day on the alterations being
made at the Inter Ocean bar.
Mr.. O'Miley was given leave to plead
by Judge Maginnis in one of the numer-
GUS Grow creek ditch cases yesterday.
Several carloads of iron for the street
railway arrived early yesterday morning.
Work will be commenced on the line in a
few days.
Ice cream soda forms a most delicious
summer drink. 1t is served with
the pure fruit favors at Rhodes & Trox-
ellis drug store.
Sheriff Sharpless and Sumner johnson
testified in the Ketchum case yesterday
and the matter was continued until 9
o'clock this morning.
The matter Of filters for the city water
works is still in statu quo, though it is an
assured fact that they will not be placed
in position until next summer.
Two companies of troops which arrived
from Fort Laramie yesterday, left for
Camp Pilot Buttes, at Rock Springs, on
the west bound train last evening.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Michael
Powell took place yesterday and was
largely attended. A delegation from the
Irish Benevolent Society headed me pro-
c~ession.
Mr.. Paul Bailey, the alternate West
Point cadet, will not attempt to enter the
institution, as he waived all right of his
candidacy by not being present at the
academy at the time of young Magee's
failure.
There is a large and ever increasing
vacancy on the shelves of the territorial
library. One attorney cited thirty. eight
authorities on a law point the other day,
and had the books along to substantiate
his allegations.
Geo. Abry, a burly tramp, accused of
begging about the streets, was arraigned
before Judge Lee yesterday, and after
being convicted was given thirty minutes
in which to shake the dust of this city
from his feet. He shook.
The Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium has been
open.for three days and received over 100
callers, all of whom have tested one or
more of the various muscle giving appli-
ances In the establishment, and no one has
yet been injured. This fact reflects great
credit on the management.
Of the sixteen tramps who faced Judge
Lee yesterday, FIVE pleaded not guilty and
will be tried this morning, five were fined
and committed to Jail because unable to
pay a fine of $40 each, and six were lib
Grated on condition that they left the
town Immediately.
Rev. Edward Bell, of Shelbyville, Ills,
will preach at the First Baptist church
next Sunday, and if arrangements salts
factory to all concerned can be made, will
continue to ~oficiate as pastor of the society
in this city. Rev. Bell is said to be an
eminent and gifted divine.
Palmer Maxwell Cady, the boy held in
the city Jail on the charge of purloinlng a
watch from a Fifteenth street restaurant,
will be tried friday, and probably dis
charged. Although he is strongly sus
pected of the theft, there is no direct or
eliminating evidence against the lad.
Capt. j. L. Smith, formerly of this city
but now stock inspector at Fort Robinson,
Neb came in from the north and pro-
ceeded eastward Yesterday. The captain
is pursuing some parties who violated the
stock laws in the territory under his
guardianship. Just what crime had been
committed could not be learned.
Wyoming Maps Wanted.
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